Wore Orchards Bought by Big Syndicate
Big syndicate purchases wore orchards in territory. Officials confirm transfer of ownership to the group, signaling a shift in regional land use and control.
18 Jun 1919
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1919
Page
1
Big syndicate purchases wore orchards in territory. Officials confirm transfer of ownership to the group, signaling a shift in regional land use and control.
Chester J. Tyson of Flora Dale Pa confirms sale of multiple orchard properties and notes ongoing due diligence on options. American Fruit Growers Inc with Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania interests expands holdings in West Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania totaling about 1680 acres across John Miller Bu sey Mount Vernon and other orchards.
NE ANT Ice Cream Wholesale announces open Friday June 20 at corner Kent and Piccadilly Streets opposite B and O depot. Serves homes parties lawn fetes and picnics in any quantity. Garber Mfg Co.
The Boys' Poultry Club at Whitacre Virginia hosts a lawn party on Saturday June 21 for public attendance. Proceeds support club activities and educational projects.
UPI reports immense relief in Macedonia Drama and surrounding towns. In two months 481440 rations were issued at Kayalla and 329 pounds of food distributed. Drama fed about 3798 people daily with tens of thousands in smaller villages. American charity funds support Balkan relief under Saloniki HQ.
Applications received by Public Market Commission due by Thursday June 19 at 12 o'clock. Position offers three morning shifts per week. Apply with references and salary expectations.
In a brief will executed last October and probated in Winchester, William E. Warner leaves his entire estate to his wife Minnie S. Warner and asks that she serve as executor without security. Mrs. Warner has qualified as executor by giving a bond of 900 dollars and burial is directed at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
City Hall received new slag gutters today replacing rotten metal gutters. Mr Henry Cave supervised the work. The new gutters are described as composition roofing with tar, claimed to be impervious to sun rain and other elements.
Beginning Saturday June 14 the Wholesale Houses of Baker & Co and T J Cooper & Sons will close at 1 PM on Saturdays only. Store hours extend to 9 PM on weeknights until July 1 to accommodate binder twine buyers. Winchester Seed Co notes Miss Mignon Lucile Perry left today by Norfolk and Western Rail via Berryville to visit relatives.
Cham ber of Commerce receives letter from Col. Charles W. Thatcher announcing a Washington and Lee Highway tour through the Shenandoah Valley. A series of live rallies will feature a ramshackle wagon and mules that have crossed the continent to illustrate road progress. The event is marketed as an educational display and a draw for farmers and townspeople alike.
On the motion of Mr William H Hardy before Judge Whiting in the Corporation Court of Winchester William G Hardy was appointed administrator of the personal estate of his sister the late Miss Martha R Hardy who died on October 6 last He qualified by giving bond in the penalty of 4000 dollars.
A marriage license was issued in the county clerk's office for Robert Edwin Buncutter and Ada Virginia Spence, both of the Nain neighborhood. The groom works with his father William A. Bun cutter in the family business. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Spence.
The State Department announced that American officials in Mexico lodged strong representations with the Mexican government seeking protection for Americans in the troubled area. Juarez dispatch reports the city is quiet and shows no ill feeling toward Americans, while Mexican papers previously carried word of U S troops crossing the border to safeguard citizens.
Washington June 18 an official War Department report from General Cabell says Villistas attacked near Juarez lost 45 killed and 4 taken prisoner. American casualties total 2 killed and 2 severely wounded.
The Friendship Fire Company agreed to attend the Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association convention in Keyser West Virginia on July 3. If enough volunteers join they will bring a band. otherwise no music. Members not going should return their uniforms to Carson Clarke and those going must notify him promptly. The company has a history of prizes at conventions and aims to repeat past success.
Market Baskets are offered at the Tinpan Shop located at 130 South Market street. The listing notes hours from 18 to 21 with a brief sale teaser in the local notice style.
Announcement from Winchester Druggists to open daily from 9 am to 9 pm starting June 22 1919 with all Sundays open and a sequence of stores listed for the new hours Co M Showalter Millers Drug Store Franck Baker and Son The Peoples Drug Co Inc Fred S Boyd plus a Ford automobile bus in good condition for sale cheap X care Star office
The late Union veteran and retired Baltimore and Ohio conductor George Ritchie died Sunday while visiting his daughter in Cumberland Maryland. His funeral will be held at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church at 10 am tomorrow with Reverend H G Spencer officiating. He is survived by several children and a first wife, with relatives traveling from Cumberland for the service.
Announcement: new public market launches next Saturday June 21. Wanted: fresh cows and springers. Contact M. E. Conner via McIlwee's Livery. both phones listed.
A quiet wedding last night joined Miss Catherine Elizabeth Bell and Mr. Frederick Schultz Boyd at the Bell home 178 North Main Street. The ceremony featured floral altars piano music from Mrs Agnew and a vocal quartet. Out-of-town guests included Dr. and Mrs. John O Boyd and others from Roanoke Baltimore Chicago and Bridgewater. The couple will honeymoon en route to Atlantic City and return to Bell Street for July.
A wireless message reports the French cruiser Jeanne d Arc disabled at sea. The Imperator rescued Dr. Pesca and his party en route to the United States from Lisbon. The Mongolia towed the Jeanne d Arc to the Azores as progress continued.
Valuable home of late C. M. Gibbens listed for sale. Offers will be received for sale in its entirety or divided into building lots. Address: R. G. Gibbens, 6 17 e0d 2w447 N. Main St.
Sunday worship conducted by the Christian Science church with services at 11 o'clock. Details terse and municipal context absent in the fragment.
Reporting from Berlin and Paris the Allied and German sides debate peace terms at Weimar. German leaders resist signing while the peace commission negotiates and a Weimar conference tests the future fate of Germany amid threats of chaos.
In Brest on Monday a Knight of Columbus hut roof collapsed at Tontanezen causing many injuries and several deaths. Officials report about 40 injured with some buried under debris. casualties unclear, survivors listed as seriously affected while rescuers search the wreckage.
A meeting of the State Guard will be held tomorrow night at 7 45 p m at the RB Fay Center.
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